Gestational exposure to methylmercury and selenium: Effects on a spatial discrimination reversal in adulthood

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-732

  Reed, Miranda N ^a   Paletz, Elliott M ^b   Newland, M Christopher ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Discrimination reversal; Methylmercury; Operant behavior; Perseveration; Prenatal exposure; Rats; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; METHYLMERCURY; SODIUM SELENITE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELENIUM; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747196358     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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